As the vibrancy of the stalactite catalytically fuels the mesomophic characteristics of the stalagmite, so also the insightful, effective and constructive usage of cartoons can precipitate multifaceted societal development. Hence essayist aldpous Huxley (1894-1963) said, “Parodies, cartoons and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.”

The one day capacity building workshop organized for Culture Journalists under the theme; Media and Cultural Orientation by the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO was a significant attempt at finding an interface through which the two institutions of Journalism and Culture can work together towards the socio- political development of the nation.

Last week’s visit to the parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation by the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry, Alhaji Abubakir Sadiq Mohammade did not only provide an opportunity to understanding the myriads of problems that clog the wheel of developmental progress in the culture and tourism sector; but also provided the needed critical platform to x- raying the preparedness of the quiet looking and seemingly , cerebrally equipped culture minister, who is saddled with the responsibility of turning around the declining fortunes of the Ministry.

Federal Government has lamented the continued threats to the nation’s cultural and national identities saying that there is need for Nigerians to find a common ground to live in harmony.

Memories of the tragic Nigerian civil war was recently relived again as one of the major actors in the war, Captain August Okpe, Chief Pilot of Biafra during the war years as well as the chief pilot of the Nigerian Airways and an established poet recounts the story of the war in his memoir, The Last Flight which was presented to the public a forthnight ago at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA)Victoria Island.